The Credere Fund's

CALL FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS

August 25th, 2011

The Credere Fund is thrilled to announce the start of its fourth granting cycle!

The Credere Awarding Committee welcomes applications for each of the following three grants:

• Art + Anthroposophy: awarding up to $2000
• Social Change + Anthroposophy: awarding up to $2000
• Goethean Phenomenology (Sponsored by The Nature Institute, Ghent, NY -www.natureinstitute.org): awarding up to $1000

Applicants must demonstrate that support from the Credere Fund is essential to their initiative and that funds will be used effectively and responsibly. Preference is given to projects that are anthroposophically-inspired, and while there are no age or geographical restrictions, young people in the northeastern United States are especially encouraged to apply. Application deadline: October 15, 2011.

To apply, please visit www.thinkoutword.org.

We also heartily welcome support for the Credere Fund, typically provided through individual gifts of $5 to $20. Large donations to our existing grants or towards the establishment of new granting areas are gratefully welcomed as well. Enliven your community! Donate today!

The name "Credere" is a Latin word meaning "to believe," and is the root to our word "credit." In its essence "credit" signifies the community's belief in the ability and potential of any one of its members to create out of the future, and in so creating, to give back to the community. The seeds of new cultural initiative often lie dormant within individuals. The Credere Fund works with gift money from the community, the water that can sprout these seeds into a living, growing future. Credere grantees receive community capital to develop their ideas into concrete projects. The community recognizes that the development of this inspiration not only benefits the individual but also rays light out into the whole community.

The Credere Fund is a program of Think OutWord and is fiscally-sponsored by Hawthorne Valley Association. For more information, please visit www.thinkoutword.org.

PAST RECIPIENTS:

2010 Sampsa Pirtola ~ "The Birth of the Transmodern," Immanuel International Tour

2010 Karen Bailey ~ Little Friends Puppet Theater

2010 Cleide Dos Santos Coutinho ~ Inspiring Social Change by Re-enlivening Culture

2010 Joao Felipe Toni ~ Goethean Phenomenology as Environmental Education in the Brazilian 'Restinga' Biome

2009 Bea Birch ~ Agawamuck Project for the Fine and Practical Arts

2009 Silas Beardslee ~ The Rimbi Farm Project (www.<wbr></wbr>balanceforzimbabwe.org)

2009 Benjamin-Jonas Meier ~ A Marionette Performance of 2 scenes (2 & 9) from Rudolf Steiner's first Mystery Drama

2009 Seamus Maynard ~ Music for Everyday Life

2009 Patrick Stolfo ~ An Outdoor Flowform Cascade

2008 Tatiana Andrade ~ Youth Preparation Year (www.monteazul.org.br)

2008 Emily Hassell ~ The Space in Between (www.emilyhassell.com)

2008 Jordan Walker and Lachlan Grey ~ The New Forms Project (www.newformsproject.org)

2008 Simeon Amstutz ~ Assenza Painting Course